Office Purchase

I'm currently running Office 97 Pro and need to upgrade very quickly to developer's edition. I'm thinking my best bet is to upgrade to O2K Developer and take advantage of the technology upgrade to XP later (perhaps after the first inevitable Service Release). Two questions in this regard, first, does this sound like the way to go? and second, any thoughts as to the lowest price available for O2K. The upgrades I've found so far seem very pricey. <img src=/S/shrug.gif border=0 alt=shrug width=39 height=15>
Thanks in advance.